Private Herbert Davis

Army Number: 268015

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived in Nottingham. Son of Samuel and Annie Davis; Husband of Rebecca Davis, of 6, Lower Eldon Street, Sneinton Road, Nottingham. He was a bricklayer’s labourer prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, on 6th December 1917, aged 37, whilst serving in the line at Ribecourt, France.

Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France. Panel 8.

Private Herbert Davis is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Loggerheads Public House War Memorial, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.